1
Scope
2
References
3
Definitions
3.1
Terms defined elsewhere
3.2
Terms defined in this Recommendation
4
Abbreviations
5
Classification of optical network elements
6
Reference points
7
Functional description of the optical network elements (ONEs)
7.1
Functional description
of a DWDM line segment
7.2
Functional description
of an OADM (optical add/drop multiplexer)
7.3
Functional description
of a PXC (photonic cross-connect)
7.4
Functional description
of an AOWC (all-optical wavelength converter)
7.5
Functional description
of an OA (optical amplifier)
7.6
Functional description
of an optical 3R regenerator
7.7
Functional description
of an optical 2R regenerator
8
ONE transfer parameters
8.1
DWDM line segment
transfer parameters
8.2
OADM transfer parameters
8.3
PXC transfer parameters
8.4
AOWC transfer parameters
8.5
OA transfer parameters
8.6
Optical 3R transfer
parameters
8.7
Optical 2R transfer
parameters
9
Impact of the
combination of cascaded optical transfer functions on line system
performance
9.1
Impact of cascaded ONEs
on line system OSNR
9.2
Impact of cascaded ONEs
on line system residual dispersion
9.3
Impact of cascaded ONEs
on line system PMD and PDL
9.4
Impact of cascaded ONEs
on line system channel ripple
9.5
Impact of cascaded ONEs
on line system transients
9.6
Impact of the channel
uniformity of cascaded ONEs on line system performance
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Calculation method to combine the system penalty contribution
from the impact of the parameters
Appendix I – Example transfer parameter values
I.1
Example 1 – Values for a re-configurable
OADM without amplifiers
I.2
Example 2 – A second set of values for a
re-configurable OADM without amplifiers
I.3
Example 3 – Values for a re-configurable
OADM with amplifiers
I.4
Example 4 – A second set of values for a
re-configurable OADM with amplifiers
I.5
Example 5 – Values for a PXC with add/drop
functions and amplifiers
Appendix II – Examples
of the effects of cascading ONEs
II.1
Example of the impact of
cascaded ONEs on line system OSNR
II.2
Example of the impact of
cascaded ONEs on line system residual dispersion
II.3
Examples of the impact
of cascaded ONEs on line system PMD and PDL
II.4
Examples of the impact
of cascaded ONEs on line system channel ripple
II.5
Example of the impact of
cascaded ONEs on line system transients
II.6
Example of the impact of
the channel uniformity of cascaded ONEs on line system performance
Appendix III – Example
application of this Recommendation
III.1
Procedure
III.2
An example of this
procedure
Appendix IV – The users of this
Recommendation
IV.1
Introduction
IV.2
The actors in the use of this Recommendation
IV.3
Example of the
activities of the actors
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